12 Ross County officials sworn in, prepare for next term

6:36 PM,
Dec. 31, 2012

Marie Hoover, newly-elected judge of the 4th District Court of Appeals, shares a laugh with her husband, R. Tracy Hoover, Monday as she zips up her judicial robe. Hoover was sworn in at the Ross County Courthouse along with 11 other elected officials.

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In a packed courtroom Monday, a dozen elected officials recited their oaths of office with their families at their sides, the campaign season behind them and hard work still ahead.

A joint session of the Ross County Court of Common Pleas and Chillicothe Municipal Court was convened in the second-floor courtroom of the Ross County Courthouse, accommodating the large crowd of of friends, family members and colleagues who came to see the office holders sworn in.

One by one, elected officials hailing from the judiciary, law enforcement and county governance placed their left hands on their ...